WKRC-TV reports that the assault case against the former Bengals receiver resulted in a mistrial on Tuesday, when jurors couldn’t agree on a verdict. Of the eight members of the jury, “they had six jurors voting for acquittal, two voting for conviction and none could be swayed.”
In addition to temporarily escaping a guilty verdict, Henry was also given a little more good news from the judge: Read more…
Chris Henry’s losing a lot of things these days - his temper, his job, his house, and now his car. What’s worse for the ex-Bengals receiver is that his auto was being taken away while he was in court.
WLWT-TV reports that Henry was in the Hamilton County Courthouse Wednesday morning, going through jury selection in his assault trial for punching a student & throwing a bottle at their car. As Chris was waiting inside, his SUV was being repossessed from the courthouse parking lot.
Let’s be honest, some sports reporters just don’t know how to ask questions, and just wind up going in there and wasting a player’s time and making all of us uncomfortable.
Such would have been the case with the Bengals’ Chad Johnson, who gives us yet another shining example of eluding coverage. It’s after the jump, and it is awesome.
I hope he did a creative dance after this, because it’s truly worthy of such.
I’m just happy to see Chad in camp. Well, I’d rather have the Redskins’ two first round picks, but I’ll take what I can get.
• Meanwhile, ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio reports that the New York Giants are dealing with their own mini-camp malcontents (i.e. Jeremy Shockey & Plaxico Burress).
